Will Buckingham is a writer and philosopher based in the UK with strong interests in China. His books include the novel Sixty-Four Chance Pieces, based upon the I Ching; Write a Novel Course, part of Hodder & Stoughton’s Teach Yourself series; The Descent of the Lyre; a number of philosophy books; and the children’s book The Snorgh and the Sailor. He is currently Reader in Writing and Creativity at De Montfort University in Leicester, UK.